The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988)

Overview

A fact based movie set in 1913, about the events surrounding the murder of a young woman at the National Pencil Factory in Atlanta. Leo Frank, the manager of the factory, is charged with the slaying and, when convicted and sentenced to be hanged in an atmosphere of mob violence, vengeance, and anti-semitic sentiment. Frank's fate lies in the hands of the popular Georgia governor John M. Slaton.